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Lessons from a lifetime of doing, teaching, managing, and leading technical developmentPyCon Italia 20252025-05-28
Compresses 50+ years into practical lessons: change is constant, manage it with incremental, auditable steps, and prioritize people over tools. Uses concrete…
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What we learned by writing and editing the 4th edition of Python in a NutshellPyCon Italia 20232023-05-25
16 months, 6 editors, coverage across 5 Python releases and coordination across 3 time zones and 2 continents produce a single 4th edition of Python in a…
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Good API designEuroPython 20112011-06-20
Argues that the single worst mistake is no API or an accidental one that exposes the database, and advises providing a documented, runnable examples API from…
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Python Design PatternsEuroPython 20112011-06-20
Covers concrete Python patterns and tradeoffs with runnable examples: replaces hardwired time.sleep by inject time.sleep so a scheduler uses a fake clock for…
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Good API designEuroPython 20112011-06-20
Argues that the worst mistakes are no API at all and an interface that was never designed, then lists common anti‑patterns: multiple incompatible APIs, fear of…
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Über Tech Lead On Code ReviOSCON 20082008-07-21
Argues that open source under-uses code review and that reviews improve code quality and learning by catching code smells and design issues tests miss, cites…
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